Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1577

no previously licensed blind or blind site within five hundred (500)
yards of said location. Said licenses shall be issued in rotation as
applications are received but may be revoked by written notice to
the applicant by the Department of Game and Inland Fish if the
certifications of the application are found to be in error.. THE DE-
PARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISH SHALL UPON RE-
QUEST BY ANY OWNER OF SHORE FRONT PROPERTY, IN-
SPECT ANY SITE LICENSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBSECTION TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF THE
CERTIFICATION CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION. NO
BLIND SITE LICENSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION MAY BE LEASED OR RENTED. ANY STAKE
ERECTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS¹ SUB-
SECTION SHALL BE REMOVED BY THE LICENSEE OR HIS
AGENT WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE CLOSING
DATE OF THE WATERFOWL SEASON FOR WHICH THE SITE
IS LICENSED.

(e) Each applicant for a license for any lawful gunning rig de-
scribed in Section 151(b) to (e) inclusive and Section 167 shall
certify that he is a bona fide resident of this State and that he will
comply with all provisions of Federal and State laws and regula-
tions controlling the hunting of wild waterfowl. Such license shall
not be transferable and if used illegally or in violation of the cer-
tifications under which issued, may be confiscated by the Director or
other authorized officer, and the Director may order the blind de-
stroyed.

(e) The clerk of court shall not issue to any one person license

to erect or maintain more than two blinds or blind sites in or over

the waters of this State, however, this limitation shall not apply to

partnerships, associations or corporations. All licenses shall be
valid for the fiscal year July 1 to and including June 30 and shall be
issued in rotation as aforesaid, beginning on July 1 and extending to
and including November 1. No licenses shall be issued on applica-
tions for stationary blinds or blind sites received after November 1
to and including June 30 of each year, provided, however, that the
Department of Game and Inland Fish may provide by regulation for
relief in the event of lost licenses, lost or destroyed equipment or in-
capacity of licensee.

(g) The clerks of the circuit court of the counties shall on the
first day of August, 1970 and on the first day of each and every
month thereafter transmit to the Department of Game and Inland
Fish all moneys received by them for such licenses. Such moneys
shall be accounted for by the said Department to the Treasurer, and
the amount so received by the Treasurer shall be placed to the credit
of a separate fund to be known as "The State Game Protection Fund,"
and shall be paid by the Treasurer on warrant of the Comptroller
upon requisition of the Department of Game and Inland Fish.

161.

[(a) If any licensee erects a blind and same is destroyed in
any manner beyond his control, he shall have the right within thirty
(30) days from the date of the destruction of said blind to replace
or restore same without losing the set which said blind formerly oc-
cupied.]